Instagram is debasing real photography

It's not supposed to be photography - it's microblogging with pictures instead of words. It's not supposed to be 'look how creative I am with my 20 inbuilt filters', it's 'look at what I'm doing now'.

Whose definition of "real"?

According to her, she uses software to edit her images, which some photographers would claim to debase real photography. Digital cameras debased real photography because people could snap thousands of photos to end up with a few keepers.

Everything "debases" something for someone whose objective stance is basically "the way I do things is the only correct way."

For instance: DJs complained for years with each format change and advancement debased the "purity" of vinyl. "Real" DJs didn't use CDs/mp3s/Ableton/etc.

The nostalgia here isn't limited to grainy Instamatic filters.